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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 6, 1908. 



beet seeds, in order to lessen the ex- 

 pense of thinning the young plants. 

 Everyone knows that ordinary beet 

 "seeds" are merely coherent multiple 

 fruits, usually containing several true 

 seeds, which may germinate close to- 

 gether. The Department breeders em- 

 ploy both selection and crossing in the 

 furtherance of their work. 



Cabbage. 



Cabbage and related brassicas are 

 without doubt bred almost wholly by 

 selection. Profound, indeed, have been 

 the changes wrought in developing our 

 hard-heading cabbages, our cauliflower, 

 Brussels sprouts, kales and even kohl- 

 rabis from the loose-tufted wild cabbage 

 of Britain. Varieties cross with some 

 freedom when planted near-by and use- 

 ful variations may have arisen in that 

 manner, but the tendency is carefully to 

 segregate seed plantings so as to reduce 

 natural crossing to the minimum. The 

 writer has made crosses between green- 

 leaved and highly glaucous cabbage va- 

 rieties, with the production of offspring 

 having leaves of intermediate coloring, 

 but retaining the heading characteristics 

 of both parents in different individuals. 

 Prolonged attempts to hybridize Chinese 

 cabbage of the species Brassica Petsai 

 and B. Chinensis with garden cabbages 

 entirely failed. Apparently distinct spe- 

 cies of cruciferous genera are not easy 

 to cross. We have European reports of 

 successful crosses between the hairy- 

 leaved turnips and the rutabaga, but 

 none appears to have risen to commer- 

 cial importance. 



(To be Continued.) 



IMPORTS. 



The imports of seed through the port 

 of New York for the week ending Feb- 

 ruary 22 were as follows: 



Kind. Pkgs. Val. Kind. Pligs. Val. 



Annatto . . .415 $ 5,259 Fennel 18 S 122 



Canary 813 1,398 Grass 153 1,125 



Caraway ...600 5,664 Millet 150 378 



Cardamom.. 14 549 Mustard 46 145 



Clover 198 40,412 Rape 116 1,112 



Cummin ... 2 16 Other 4,171 



In the same period the imports of 

 bulbs, trees and plants were valued at 

 $6,269. 



CATALCXJUES RECEIVED. 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 O., fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, 

 roses and bulbs; the Wm. H. Moon Co., 

 Morrisville, Pa., hardy trees and plants; 

 J. F. Eosenfield, West Point, Neb., peo- 

 nies; the Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloom- 

 ington. III., fruit and ornamental trees, 

 plants and bulbs; Harvey B. Suow, Cam- 

 den, N. Y., flower, vegetable and farm 

 seeds; Thomas Meehan & Sons, German- 

 town, Philadelphia, Pa., "Manual of 

 Outdoor Plants;" the Stewart Iron 

 Works Co.. Cincinnati, O., iron and steel 

 lawn furniture, vases, bouquet holders, 

 tree guards, settees, etc. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES. 



Chicago, Mar. 3. — Cucumbers, $1 to 

 $1.50 doz.; leaf lettuce, 15c to 20c per 

 case; watercress, 18c to 20c doz.; 

 radishes, 30c to 45c doz. ; mushrooms, 

 30c to 50c lb. 



New York, Mar. 2.— Beet tops, 75c 



1909 



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 Pmm, R»dlab«a, Spinach, Turnips, Swedes, Aatora, Balsams, Begonias, Oamatloiu, 

 Olnerarias, Gloxinias, Larkspurs, Nastartioms, Pansl«s, Petunias, Ftaloz, Primulas, 

 Scabious, Stooka, Verbenas, Zinnias, etc. Oatalorue free on application. 



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All seeds offered are grown under my personal supervision on my oim cronnds el 

 mor* tlian 8,000 aoraa, and are warranted true to name, of strongest growth, flnoal 

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Seed of Asparagus Plumosus Nanus. 



Also Catalogues and Price-liete. 



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to $1 bu. box; No. 1 cucumbers, $1.50 

 to $2 doz.; No. 2 cucumbers, $3 to $5 

 box; lettuce, loc to 60c doz.; mush- 

 rooms, 25c to 60c lb.; radishes, $2 to $3 

 per 100 bunches; rhubarb, 40c to 60c 

 doz. bunches; tomatoes, loc to 2oc lb.; 

 mint, 50c to 75c doz. bunches. 



Boston, Mar. 2. — Tomatoes, 40c lb.; 

 cucumbers, $3.50 to $15 box; lettuce, 

 25c to 50c box; mushrooms, $2 to $2.25 

 4-lb. box; mint, 75c doz.; parsley, $2.75 

 box; radishes, $1.50 box; romaine, $1 

 doz. ; escarolle, 75c doz. ; chicory, $1 doz. ; 

 rhubarb, 7c lb.; beet greens, 75c to $1 

 box. 



STEM-ROT IN LETTUCE. 



When one runs up against a bad case 

 of stem-rot, he has something that will 

 keep him guessing or paralyze his ener- 

 gies to the point of giving up in despair. 



Last November I had a few thousand 

 lettuce plants attacked by stem-rot. Sim- 



Wholesale Import Only 



Ardlila Orennlata, Kentlas, Araacariaa, 

 Bay Tr«et, Ifloas, Dracaenas, and all Belrium 

 rrown plants for sprlnr and fall delivery. 



Llljr of tb« Valley from cold atoraare In New 

 York for immediate shipment. 



French Fmlt and Ornamental Stocks— I 

 can Btlll book orders for all the leading: varieties 

 for winter or spring shipment. 



EoKltsb srrown Maaettl, Pines, Spraces, 

 Etc., carefully selected and packed. 



Holland Roses, Rhododendrons, Coni- 

 fers. Box Trees, Clematis, Btc, of best 

 quality. 



Japanese Llllam Anratnm. Albnm, Rn* 

 bram. Etc., from cold storace in New York. 



Raffia Raffia Raffia 



For catalogrues, prices and farther Information 



please apply to 



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 P. 0. Box 1250, 26 Barclay St., New Yorfc 



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Lily of the Valley 



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Are the finest in existence and their flowers 

 briogr the best prices in the London market. 

 For Quotation please apply to 



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BELGIAN PLANTS! 



Asaleas, Araacariaa, Sweet Bays* 

 Palms, Beg^onias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belf^om. 



ultaneously a bench of half -grown lettuce 

 became aifeeted. I lost about three- 

 fourths of the plants and about one-half 

 of the lettuce. 1 felt that I must be up 

 and doing, seeing that the trouble had 

 no notion of waiting for me to investi- 

 gate and summon help. So I commenced 

 to get busy thinking. 



I remember that in biology I was 

 taught that in no way does the bioplasm 

 or protoplasm in the vegetable world dif- 

 fer from those of the animal, so far as 



